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Hippocampal Abnormalities after Prolonged Febrile Convulsions
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2003 Hippocampal volume and T2 relaxation times were determined in an MRI study of 14 children with prolonged febrile convulsions (PFC) who were investigated, 1) within 5 days of a PFC, and 2) at follow-up 4-8 months after the acute study, at the Institute of
J Gordon Millichap
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Comparison of Parents’ Anxiety Levels During Febrile Seizure and Epileptic Convulsion [PDF]
Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care MedicineIntroduction: In childhood, convulsions are common neurological conditions in pediatric emergency service and cause stress in both families and healthcare professionals.
Halise Akça +5 more
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The impact of electrolytes in pathogenesis of simple febrile convulsions
Medical Journal of Babylon, 2018 Febrile convulsion is one of the most common seizure disturbances in children with an approximate rate of 2%–5%, febrile seizures (FSs) occur between the age of 6 and 60 months with a 38°C or higher temperature, and they do not result from central ...
Azad Farhan Hawas +2 more
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Evaluation of Risk Factors ın Children with Febrile Convulsions
Ahi Evran Medical Journal, 2021 Purpose: Febrile Convulsions are the most common type of seizures in childhood. This study was conducted to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients being monitored for Febrile Convulsions and to determine their risk factors.
Serdar FİDAN +3 more
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Characteristics of Febrile Convulsions and The Association Between Ketonuria and Febrile Convulsions
Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2021 Background: Febrile seizures are common and mostly benign. There is growing evidence that ketone bodies derived from fatty acid oxidation during fasting or consumption of high-fat diets can exert broad neuroprotective effects, including anti ...
Najdat Sh Mahmood +2 more
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BMJ Open, 2011 Background The 2010 influenza vaccination program for children aged 6 months to 4 years in Western Australia (WA) was suspended following reports of severe febrile reactions, including febrile convulsions, following vaccination with trivalent inactivated
M Scully +9 more
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Febrile Convulsions in Families [PDF]
, 1966 In a well-studied community of 3,953 individuals under 20 years of age, 142 or 3.6 per cent had a history of one or more proven febrile seizures. Certain families are more FC-prone.
Stanley H. Schuman +3 more
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Electrolyte Abnormalities in Febrile Seizures
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996 The role of serum sodium in susceptibility to complicated febrile convulsions was studied in 115 children admitted with simple or complicated febrile convulsions to the Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
J Gordon Millichap
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Postgraduate Medicine, 1991 Febrile convulsions affect about 1 child in 30. Most of these children have a good outcome with no sequelae and do not require prophylactic medication. Differential diagnosis should include meningitis, epilepsy, hypoglycemia, and encephalopathies and other central nervous system disorders.
A K, Leung, W L, Robson
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Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2012 : BACKGROUND: Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user perspective.
Alexander Schulze +22 more
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